List of craters on 253 Mathilde

Template:Short description This is a list of named craters on 253 Mathilde, an asteroid of the asteroid belt, approximately 53 kilometers in diameter. Because Mathilde is a dark, carbonaceous body, all of its craters have been named after famous coalfields from across the world.<ref name="Gazetteer-Categories" /><ref name="Gazetteer-Target-Mathilde" /> As of 2017, there are 23 officially named craters on this asteroid.<ref name="Gazetteer-Mathilde-Craterlist" />

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Map of Mathilde and its geological features<ref name="Gazetteer-Target-Mathilde" />

List

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Aachen	Template:Coord	4.8	2000	German coal basin	Template:WGPSN
Baganur	Template:Coord	16.4	2000	Mongolian coal basin	Template:WGPSN
Benham	Template:Coord	2.2	2000	Coal mine in Kentucky USA	Template:WGPSN
Clackmannan	Template:Coord	2.8	2000	Scottish coal basin	Template:WGPSN
Damodar	Template:Coord	28.7	2000	Largest Indian coal basin	Template:WGPSN
Enugu	Template:Coord	5.9	2000	Nigerian coal field	Template:WGPSN
Ishikari	Template:Coord	29.3	2000	Largest Japanese coal field	Template:WGPSN
Jerada	Template:Coord	2.5	2000	Largest Moroccan coal basin	Template:WGPSN
Jixi	Template:Coord	19.9	2000	Chinese coal basin	Template:WGPSN
Kalimantan	Template:Coord	2.7	2000	Coal field on Borneo Indonesia	Template:WGPSN
Karoo	Template:Coord	33.4	2000	South African coal basin	Template:WGPSN
Kuznetsk	Template:Coord	28.5	2000	Russian coal basin	Template:WGPSN
Lorraine	Template:Coord	4.1	2000	Largest French coal basin	Template:WGPSN
Lublin	Template:Coord	6.5	2000	Polish coal basin	Template:WGPSN
Maritsa	Template:Coord	2.4	2000	Bulgarian coal field	Template:WGPSN
Matanuska	Template:Coord	2.9	2000	Coal field in Alaska USA	Template:WGPSN
Mulgildie	Template:Coord	2.5	2000	Australian coal basin	Template:WGPSN
Oaxaca	Template:Coord	5.2	2000	Mexican coal fields	Template:WGPSN
Otago	Template:Coord	7.9	2000	Largest New Zealand coal field	Template:WGPSN
Quetta	Template:Coord	3.2	2000	Pakistani coal field	Template:WGPSN
Similkameen	Template:Coord	3.4	2000	Canadian coal field	Template:WGPSN
Teruel	Template:Coord	7.6	2000	Spanish coal field	Template:WGPSN
Zulia	Template:Coord	12.3	2000	Principal state in Venezuela in which coal is mined	Template:WGPSN

See also

• List of craters on minor planets
• List of craters in the Solar System

External links

• Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)